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October 18, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Today students continued the Gallery Walk they started yesterday. They were retold to include textual evidence to support why they thought each presentation was the genre they chose. Students completed this and we went over each of the ten presentations as a class. Most of the students also went to […]

October 17, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Today the students reviewed identifying different genres by engaging in a gallery walk activity. After a quick review of each genre students were given instruction to use their “Guess the Genre” worksheet to walk around the room to different examples of literature and texts that represent each genre. They were […]

October 11, 2013

CELEBRITIES OF THE DAY! TODAY IN CLASS STUDENTS USED DESCRIPTIVE DETAIL TO CREATE A STORY BASED ON A PHOTOGRAPH. WE ALSO CREATED DREAM CATCHERS FOR OUR FAVORITE NOVELS AND WILL BE SHARING THESE NEXT WEEK. FINALLY WE WENT TO THE MEDIA CENTER TO CHECK OUT NEW BOOKS FOR OUR 5 DAY VACATION! FINAL GRADES FOR […]

October 10, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Students reviewed and applied their knowledge of literary terms by identifying an example from their good fit books. They should have finished drawing pictures to accompany each of their literary terms in their Literary Elements flip chart. The pictures are to help them better understand and remember each term. Students also […]

October 9, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Students took Day 2 Reading Part 2 today of the Meap. Students will not have the Meap tomorrow. All the sixth graders went on a virtual field trip at a museum in San Francisco. All students were taken down to the auditorium to engage in this activity. Homework: Read for […]

October 8, 2013

Celebrities of the Day! Students took Day 1: Reading Parts 1 & 2 of the Meap today. They should continue to prepare themselves well for Meap by getting a good nights rest and eating a healthy breakfast! Tomorrow they will continue with the Meap Day 2: Reading Part 2. Homework: Read for 20 minutes! […]

October 7, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Today the students worked on assignments for their final day of Meap review. They discussed, with a partner, the notes they took after applying the R.A.T.E method to “Jimmie Lee Sudduth” in their Meap packet that they worked on over the weekend. Afterward, the students answered the questions to accompany […]

October 4, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Today students expanding their understanding of Literary Elements. They used a foldable that we created in class to write down the literary terms along with the definition and example. Students also began working on a Meap packet they were provided. They were assigned to read the story on page 7 […]

October 3, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Today the students set up their portfolios which will be presented to their parents during parent teacher conferences. They also practiced test taking techniques for Meap review which they will begin taking next week. Students went to the library to check out books that should last them through the Meap. We […]

October 2, 2013

CELEBRITIES OF THE DAY! TODAY IN CLASS WE TURNED IN JOURNAL ENTRIES FOR THE MONTH, AND REVIEWED LITERARY TERMS BY CREATING A FOLDABLE AND TAKING NOTES. WE ALSO COLLECTED SIGNED PROGRESS REPORTS, DID RETAKES ON THE EDITING MARKS QUIZ AND HAD CAFE TIME. HOMEWORK: Use RATE process and STOPLIGHT strategy to complete the “Buying […]